things are looking 'up'!

so madelyn and i were outside playing yesterday and i saw something i've never seen! there was a nest with new little birdies in it. they were waiting for food from their mother. it was the sweetest thing. i wish i had a picture of it. if they are there again today...which i am sure they will be, i'll capture the moment. the weather is supposed to be stormy, so i'm not sure we'll be getting outside.

last night i called a local daycare, because they are hiring. it turns out that it could be the perfect job for me. i would be able to have madelyn at work with me and i'll see other people during the day. my social skills have been put on hold the last year...hope this works out! we'd also have a little extra money...which is always nice! i'd love to get some saved up for a family vacation!

i've got madelyn's 1 year pictures...i had to take them, because the photographer we went to was not very good. we didn't get any pictures from him, except the standard package that came with the sitting fee.

sick of being sick!

this weekend started off with a terrible cold and hasn't stopped yet. i was really looking forward to this weekend, because we had nothing to do...just do what we want!

madelyn is doing well...but i think she's catching this cold...her nose is drippy, and it never is! :( poor baby! i know how she feels...this is one bad cold!

no real energy to write much more!

pleasssse!

it's official...yesterday madelyn learned please. if she wanted some of my cracker she had to say please...which is a sound for her "ssss" i know what she means, so i give her one. now this a.m. without being prompted she pointed to the plate of eggs/toast/pears and said "ssss" i'm so proud of her...and i guess, me! next on the agenda...prayers before dinner.

mom and dad stopped by after a meeting they had. it's so sweet to see them play with madelyn. i'm so glad they had a chance to stop by! we miss them when they're not here :( if life was perfect we'd have each set of grandparents within a mile...but life isn't perfect, is it? i'm just love spending time with family!

what a weekend!

so...it's tuesday and i'm talking about the weekend...i'm already lagging behind in trying to keep this updated! saturday we had my friend from high school, lindsey's wedding. it was beautiful and we were so happy that she found someone to share her life with!

sunday we woke up to madelyn who my parents took care of while we were dancing the night away...i still have blisters! she is so sweet. we headed home after getting her breakfast and enjoyed the rest of the day at the cabin. madelyn had her first boat ride with grandpa rowe...she fell asleep about 5 waves into it! haha!

yesterday, i watched weston, my nephew, and when mitch got home i was so excited...i was exhausted from the weekend still! after he got picked up we went outside where madelyn ran around in the grass and mitchel watched her while i looked in my garden...guess what?! we had 3 good sized cucumbers! i also noted that we had little tomatoes sprouting...which was amazing, because everyone said we'll never get anything out of them if we just plant the seed...they thought we needed the actual plants, ha, got them there!!! there are also a few squash starting...those should be really good!!! so excited for them!

so that's it for the day...i'd have pics of the veggies, but mitch wouldn't run in to get my camera...and i was being lazy!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

a year ago today...

{july 17, 2007}

{july 16, 2008}

a year ago today, mitch and i were experiencing our first complete day with madelyn. she was so beautiful, when i woke up i couldn't wait to see her again! she has now grown to a beautiful 1 year old...and the time has flown by so fast i can't even imagine the next few years!!!

we went to take our professional 1 year picture with maddie yesterday then to get groceries...which have gone up sooo much in price, it's crazy! and then came home. our initial plan was to take madelyn to the zoo for her bday, because mitchel and i love zoos for some reason, we're not really the animal type...but we just lovvve zoos! weird?! anyway..the plan was extended to next year and we went to the brand new aquatic center. it was 98* out and felt like 110*...so it was probably a better choice to go swimming anyway! after swimming we made maddie a banana-cream bday cake for her to mash into. she thouroughly enjoyed that! she got it all over her highchair...and despite how much mitch hates a mess...i think he liked to see how big maddie is getting!!! :)

we went to dq after swimming...just the drive-thru, but i tried the girl scout thin mint blizzard and went to heaven! it was soooo good! it reminded me of my brother nick and cathy who just love gs cookies!

madelyn's 1st bday party luau!

well...i'm completely exhausted today...yesterday we had maddie's big 1st bday party! it was all that i had envisioned for her big day! we had so much fun and so many great people around us. i stood there yesterday just thinking...how could we have done this without all these people?! the marriage, the pregnancy, the birth, and now the raising of our dearest daughter. it's all been a joint effort...so thankful that we actually have a support system.

{madelyn and daddy with her

1st bday cake! uncle francis is

watching on...waiting for the

cake to be cut!}

maddie had so much fun running around at the cabin and swimming in the lake with all her aunts and uncles. she had cake that grandma w made with the classic "sticky" frosting. she didn't hesitate long before she was engulfed in frosting...daddy wasn't too excited...but i thought it was hillarious!


today we're watching cousin weston...he got his 1st haircut yesterday...he's not even 6 months yet! he's growing soooo fast...and his hair is growing even faster! he's so precious!

summertime!

it's been a loooong spring here in minnesota and now the sun is finally coming out late in the summer. we had an incredible time outside yesterday. madelyn played in her new sandbox with daddy while i weeded the garden and then went on the "ssss" "ssss" (swing) with me after that. we had a blast! when we were all finished we hosed her off in the yard which she thought was hillarious....and so did we! we got in the house she had her little supper and we took a warm bath. we then danced the night away to baby einstein music...she laughed until she was too tired to stand...and then she fell fast to sleep.

today we have our 1 year doctor appointment! i can't believe that time flew that fast...omgomgomg! i still remember having her right up to me after her birth...i couldn't believe that she was finally there...now she's 1!!!! it seems like it took forever for her to be here...and now time is counted in seconds! we have so many memories of her 1st year with us.

{loving the sand}

{needing the bath and loving it too}